A Special Advice To Agbaje, Lagos PDP Governorship Candidate, By Olalekan

At last, it appears the aspiration of Jimi Agbaje becoming the governor of Lagos State is almost actualised, especially from the just concluded primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party, where he polled 432 against Musiliu Obanikoro's 343. This victory, however, is not to be celebrated as the great task lies ahead.

In achieving this feat, Agbaje has been able to move around many parties of which AD was his first and finally to the PDP, on whose platform he seems to be having a swell time.

However, he needs to quickly, on a daily basis, sing his manifesto to the people of Lagos, assuring them he is real and would do more for them, as knowing most of them would vote for parties and not individual.

A Herculean task lies ahead of him, which I hope he can subdue like David did to Goliath in the bible. The only problem I foresee is the party whose back he is riding on. Another party would have given him more sympathy vote to wrest power from the All Progressives Congress.

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Why Can't Fuel Price Reduce In Nigeria When Crude Oil Prices Are Dropping?

High subsidy payments, devaluation of the naira and low capacity utilisation of the country's refineries have been identified as factors denying Nigerians a reduction in the pump price of petrol amid falling global oil prices.

A visit by our correspondent revealed lack of activity in some stations in several parts of the state. For instance, at Oando and Conoil filling stations at Obalende in the afternoon, attendants said they were not selling because
they had exhausted the products they had and were awaiting tankers to bring products.

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Something To Cheer About? Cash Spent By FG On Fuel Subsidy Drops By Over 70%

The amount of subsidy being spent by
government on premium motor spirit otherwise known as petrol has dropped by more than 70 per cent amid the falling oil prices in the last one month.

Approved prices for premium motor spirit otherwise known as petrol as of December 8, 2014 shows a reduction of the landing cost of the product to N98.15 per litre from N127.57
on November 3, according to data from the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency.

The expected open price market price and subsidy as of December 8 were put at

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Fuel Scarcity Hits Lagos, As Petrol Supply Drops

Petrol supply in Lagos worsened on Tuesday as long queues of vehicles resurfaced in a number of filling stations, disrupting the free flow of traffic on some roads.

Indication also emerged that loading activities at the Lagos depots dropped by over 80 per cent.

But the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and its downstream subsidiary, the Pipelines and Products Marketing Company, said the country had over 32 days stock of petroleum products.

An executive member of the Petrol Tanker Drivers arm of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, who did not want his name disclosed because he was not authorised to speak on the issue, said about 200 trucks usually loaded petrol on a daily basis, but...

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Bank Charges Discouraging Use Of ATMs –NISER

The Nigeria Institute of Social and Economic Research on Tuesday called on the Central Bank of Nigeria to discourage all unnecessary charges by Deposit Money Banks for the use of Automated Teller Machines and Point of Sales Terminal.

The Director-General of the institute, Prof Olufemi Taiwo, stated this while unveiling the findings of a study conducted on the effects of cashless banking policy on the performance of informal business in Nigeria

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Politicians Use Insurgency For Their Political Gains, Pastor Ayo Fumes

The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, on Tuesday in Abuja, said politicians in the country were "using terrorism for short-term political gains."

According to him, the nation is still experiencing the Boko Haram insurgency "because Nigerians are pretenders. They are always in the habit of running away from the truth."

He expressed pessimism that things might never work in Nigeria, until leaders and followers embraced the truth.

The cleric, who spoke during a peace parley between

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Osun Election Tribunal Knocks Lawyers For Unruly Behaviour

The Election Petitions Tribunal hearing matters arising from August 9 governorship election in Osun State, on Tuesday, expressed dismay at the disruptive behaviour of some lawyers during proceedings.

The Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Elizabeth Ikpejime, expressed the dissatisfaction of the panel to the intermittent noise and grumbling made by some of the lawyers anytime witnesses gave answers they did not find satisfactory.

The intersections became so unbearable during Tuesday's proceedings that Ikpejime had to caution the lawyers, who she said did not behave in a mature way.

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APC Presidential Primaries Holds Thursday, Over 8000 Delegates Accredited

The national convention of the All Progressives Congress begins in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial nerve centre, today (Wednesday).

The presidential candidate of the party will emerge tomorrow (Thursday).

More than 8,000 accredited delegates are expected to elect the party's presidential flag bearer who is to face President Goodluck Jonathan, the sole candidate of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, in the 2015 general elections.

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NSCDC Arrests Four Men For Stealing Fuel From Tankers

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, Ogun State Command, has arrested four men for allegedly stealing petroleum product and selling same in a black market in the state.

The suspects, Adewumi Segun, Peace Ode, Festus Onosigbo and Edward Oghuvwu, were arrested at Area J4 in the Ijebu-East Local Government Area of the state.

The fourth suspect, Oghuvwu, was said to have escaped from the scene, but he was later re-arrested.

The state spokesman of the NSCDC, Kareem Olanrewaju, said the...

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Bizarre, As Suspect Attempts Suicide In Ondo State Prison

A suspected thief, Ayodele Oniya, is recuperating in the hospital after a failed suicide attempt when the police found some stolen goods on him.

Oniya was said to have stolen a laptop and other valuables from the car of one Fadipe Oludare, a student of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, about three weeks ago.

Police sources said Oludare reported the matter to the police who immediately swung into action.

Oniya who is of Ibulesoro, Akure, but

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